diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index e96234ed8..d7dc00c23 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1175,7 +1175,8 @@ void SymbolDatabase::createSymbolDatabaseSetVariablePointers()
                             fixVarId(varIds, tok, const_cast<Token *>(membertok), membervar);
                     }
                 } else if (const ::Type *type = var ? var->smartPointerType() : nullptr) {
-                    const Variable *membervar = type->classScope->getVariable(membertok->str());
+                    const Scope *classScope = type->classScope;
+                    const Variable *membervar = classScope ? classScope->getVariable(membertok->str()) : nullptr;
                     if (membervar) {
                         membertok->variable(membervar);
                         if (membertok->varId() == 0 || mVariableList[membertok->varId()] == nullptr)
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 27a267ad8..5b9e266ed 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(findFunction27);
         TEST_CASE(findFunction28);
         TEST_CASE(findFunction29);
+        TEST_CASE(findFunction30);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionContainer);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionExternC);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionGlobalScope); // ::foo
@@ -5776,6 +5777,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(2, foo->function()->token->linenr());
     }
 
+    void findFunction30() {
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("struct A;\n"
+                      "void foo(std::shared_ptr<A> ptr) {\n"
+                      "    int x = ptr->bar();\n"
+                      "}");
+        const Token *bar = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "bar ( ) ;");
+        ASSERT(bar);
+        ASSERT(!bar->function());
+    }
+
     void findFunctionContainer() {
         {
             GET_SYMBOL_DB("void dostuff(std::vector<int> v);\n"